departments_by_commission.Rd
This dataset includes data on departments of the Commission, including Directorates-General and service departments (1958-2021). There is one observation per department per Commission. This dataset provides a snapshot of each Commission at the time that the first directory is published. For Commissions that come into office early in a year, the first directory is usually published later that year. For Commissions that come into office late in a year, the first directory is usually published early the next year. The exception is the Prodi Commission. The data for this Commission comes from the earliest available directory.
departments_by_commission
A data frame with 18 variables:
Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each observation. Indicates the default sort order for the dataset.
Numeric. The ID number that uniquely identifies each
Commission. See the commissions
dataset.
String. The name of the Commission. See the
commissions
dataset.
Date. The start date of the Commission.
Numeric. The start year of the Commission.
Numeric. The start month of the Commission.
Numeric. The start day of the Commission.
Date. The end date of the Commission.
Numeric. The start year of the Commission.
Numeric. The start month of the Commission.
Numeric. The end day of the Commission.
Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies
the type of the department. Coded 1
for Directorate-General
and 2
for Service department
. See the variable
department_type
.
String. The type of the department. Either
Directorate-General
or Service department
.
Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each
department. See the departments
dataset.
String. The name of the department.
String. The common abbreviation of the department.
Coded Not applicable
of there is not an abbreviation for the
department. Coded None
for all Commissions prior to the Prodi
Commission.
String. The name of the policy area. See the
policy_areas
dataset.
String. The name of the current department.
See the departments
dataset.